Girl · Sanskrit (Kannada and Telugu usage) · Hindu
Nagaveni
नागवेणीSay it naa-guh-VAY-nee
- Meaning today
- Long braided hair like a serpent
- Original meaning
- "a braid like a serpent; nāga 'serpent' with veṇī 'braid of hair'" Monier-Williams, 532; 1014
- Say it
- naa-guh-VAY-nee
- Written
- नागवेणी
- Other spellings
- Nagveni
- First sound
- ना · Vrishchik rashi
Nagaveni
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Nagaveni meaning
Nagaveni (नागवेणी) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin (Kannada and Telugu usage). By its first sound, ना, it is a Vrishchik rashi name (Anuradha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
A braid like a serpent; nāga 'serpent' with veṇī 'braid of hair'
Also used to mean: long braided hair like a serpent
Nagaveni (नागवेणी) joins nāga, "serpent", with veṇī, which Monier-Williams gives as a braid of hair and also as a stream. In Kannada nāgavēṇi describes a woman's long, glossy braid that sways like a serpent, and also a woman with such hair, an old ideal of beauty in South Indian poetry. The name is a traditional one for girls in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. One name list gives "one who lives in the serpent's cave"; that reading has no support in the dictionaries.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), 532; 1014 · entry nāga; veṇī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, veṇī, p. 1014 · Monier-Williams, nāga, p. 532 · Wisdom Library, Nāgavēṇi (Kannada)
Fits your syllable
First sound ना
Anuradha nakshatra, pada 1 · Vrishchik rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Nagaveni · Nagveni